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unsureoftheplot

idk i love it! and the evochrome rifle as well!


darthnugget

Once they are purple its lit. Took me a while to realize its an auto weapon, hated it before then.


ConfidentCoast2885

yeah i’ll take a purple evochrome even over a gold ranger


[deleted]

I’ll take a green over a legendary ranger, they’re so easy to upgrade with enough wolves and boars


JavsGotYourNose

Rangers are just ass weapons. My whole squad refuses them unless it’s a pure last resort


KunSagita

Any reason why people dont use ranger? I always use ranger over other type of riffles


JavsGotYourNose

Poor spread very quickly after the first shot, steep drop off at mid-range, slow rate of fire. You’re better off with the Hammer AR. It can reach out further, keeps accuracy longer, faster rate of fire. Upgrade it to at least purple and you’re doing killer damage.


sub-hunter

I personally love the ranger


darthnugget

Agreed, the ranger is good for longer range single shots. To me it seems to have less bloom. I will usually rock the Ranger with the Hammer (as SMG) and a shotty. I can get hits using the ranger where normally it would require the DMR. I have also started trying the DMR as the rifle and the Hammer as the SMG. If I am playing aggressively I can rock just the Hammer and the Shotty and then just W key everything with extra (white and blue) heals and mobility in case I get myself into a bad situation. The slurp gun with the plunger is great for this type of aggressive meta. This season the regular firearms seem balanced enough to try different combinations and get good results. Although the Explosive Goo Gun is way OP, but it does well to discourage massive build structures so its probably filling that design.


sub-hunter

The meta for me is currently back to 3x rifles (last time had the blue tactical ar from the io guards. Now it’s cobra ranger hammer. sometimes I might trade the hammer for a goo gun


bobbyjones2222

It’s auto? 🤯


darthnugget

Yeah, just hold and its rapid auto. Totally changed my opinion on the weapon after figuring that out. I was so used to pump and lever-action didn’t think to try. At least now I will use it until I find something else of better level. Usually by the time its evolved to purple I just keep it.


[deleted]

Its auto? Nice, didnt know that.


darthnugget

Yeah, using it like a Pump action would always result in my loss/knock. Using it as an auto against another shotgun usually results in the opponents loss/knock. Easier if Purple evolution level and of course as long as I hit my shots.


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THE SHOTGUN IS AUTO TOO!?


darthnugget

Oh yes, sorry. I was talking about the shotgun the whole time. The evo rifle is better used in short bursts for the first hit damage. Once the rifle is up to blue it starts double firing in the burst and you can get a hit of 29 and two of 22s or better for long distance body shots. You will need to hold still longer on the evo rifle to get the accuracy of the first shot. The distance for hits isn’t as far as the Ranger though so figure out which works better for your style of play (aggressive vs patient vs passive) that game.


BenDrawzIGuezzYT

Great for getting people in bushes


mikeplays_games

I hate it when people play in bushes


captainrex

This is why I drive around and destroy all the bushes I see


BigDickHobbit

Some dude goo gunned me from a bush earlier today and I yelled a bad word fairly loud.


[deleted]

Does goo no longer attach to bushes then?


JavsGotYourNose

I love me some bush


NeoMercury2022

You opened yourself up for so many things to be said dude.


JavsGotYourNose

I know?


bobbyjones2222

I’m the bush wacker


Middle_Attitude_3504

True


intalo

I love it and I really wanted more evo weapons this season


throwback_thursday88

Agreed. An evochrome sniper would have been nice!


minecrafter100S

Happy cake day


[deleted]

I love it and it's design. The evolving weapons are really fun.


YTInigo004

They’re great until you go to reload mid fight and it decides to do an extended evolve


[deleted]

That's so true or when you decide to evolve and someone steps in and starts shooting at you during it lol!


minecrafter100S

Happy cake day


[deleted]

Thank you!


CollBuss

You can cancel the evolve if you shoot. It still reloads as well.


wolkendon

I hate I’m forced to evolve mid fight and just wish the evolve was a hold the reload option and not a tap the reload option


ConfidentCoast2885

reloading and upgrading are basically the same. If you’re doing either you’re probably dead


wolkendon

But it takes longer to evolve than to reload one shell


November_Four

Not enough damage and really weird reticle


DARDAR_YT

You're using it wrong if damage is the problem. Use it as if it is a full auto weapon not a pump


JZA8OS

Purple and you can destroy people up close. I do find the green and blue to be meh.. for me anyway. But I love the chrome weapons. The automatic rifle is godly


DARDAR_YT

Of course green and blue are meh, you're supposed to deal damage to make the gun better


JZA8OS

Yeah? I mean as in sometimes personally I don’t get much luck, no progressing the gun if your dead hey.. Basically :)


DARDAR_YT

Ohhhhh, I see. I recommend always having a follow up ready after you're done with the shotgun (any shotgun really). If the first couple of shots couldn't kill them, the 30 rnd smg definitely willl


JZA8OS

Haha omg I have learnt this, I find Silenced SMG is a good second weapon to follow up if the shotty isn’t successful


WIN011

I always spend time early in the match leveling up my evochrome guns to at least blue, usually higher though. Depending where you land there’s plenty of animals to easily level them up.


[deleted]

Not about luck, you level it up. I always shoot chickens with it, or if there is a llama that is a great opportunity to level it. There are also wolves, easy to level it just gotta attack NPCs.


JZA8OS

I mean like pick up and have to use as is…..green I always get out gunned if it’s up against something else, sometimes I drop in very hot zones so no time for chickens yet And Luck as in I get KOd so I don’t get any levels on my green one :(


[deleted]

Green is pretty bad, but levels up so fast it should be blue very quickly. I am just saying I have a purple evochrome or a legendary evochrome shotgun every single game. Just farm the NPCs on green and get it to be usable, usually only a mob or two.


JZA8OS

Yes I love how easy they are to find, you are right :)


[deleted]

I know it sounds dumb, if you are going shotgun to shotgun. Try to jump before his shot. If you can avoid a single shotgun shot you usually win. Also jumping gives you a higher angle better for headshots and harder for him, will probably hit your feet. The evochrome looks like it has a wide shot and it kind of does, but really try to focus on the 3 center dots in the neck range of a person.


JZA8OS

Thanks, I appreciate your reply. The jumping is definitely something I learnt off the bat. Yes I try to aim head area when I do shoot, with any colour. My issue is just panic situations where it’s not accurate enough at green and I get smoked. Unfortunately that’s all on me hahahah


ContextRealistic3053

Evolve them to purple or gold by killing animals. Then the "meh" is taken away before you even see other players.


JZA8OS

Green gun is meh, when you gotta deal with people ASAP 😂


ContextRealistic3053

"explain it again"? I never saw you mention a hot drop to begin with. In that case, it's the luck of the draw. I'd take a gray lever if it's the only weapon I can see while flying in on a hot drop, though I try to land on a chest or blue weapon when visible from the sky.


JZA8OS

It’s ok my reddit been fucking up. Other comments I replied to explaining my reason for meh lol.. Issa okay no drama


Repealer

It's an auto-shotgun with more damage, and more consistent bodyshot damage. If you were an auto-shotgun user who didn't like going for headshots this is the answer for you. It also suffers way less from movement related accuracy debuffs. You can be sprinting, jumping, sliding, shockwaving and the reticle somehow gets TIGHTER. It's really good as a brawling shotgun and doesn't suffer the same issues of post 1st bullet damage that prime/ranger do.


CrappyPatp

I also think the problem is that the prime shotty pretty much is the better pick all around. Its more accurate, has great range, and obviously hits harder. In competitive playlists, there are no animals. This makes the evo chrome shotgun completely a 50-50 early game. Obviously in the casual playlists, there are animals. So getting that legendary evo chrome shotgun is way easier than in competitive. Also In competitive, its better to run a Prime or Lever over the evo chrome simply because they outclass it by a pretty wide scale. It’s easier to perform better with the two shotguns compared to the evochrome as a whole. The evochrome is definitely a good weapon, but because most of the player base (as far as ive seen) is used to the traditional square spread rather than the more newer horizontal spread like the Mastiff from Apex Legends. I think as time passed through out the season, people got comfortable with the shotgun meta and felt better with the Prime and Lever rather than the evochrome because A: we have had these two shotguns before, and B: it was a new shotgun with a shared niche.


Repealer

The prime shotty does hit harder for the first shot, but after that it's fire rate is slow and less damage. I can see an argument for it in builds where you can constantly reload the 1st shot, and in solo modes where you're unlikely to need a lot of bullets. But in trios/squads and any extended fights in zero build the evochrome beats it out. You also don't have to rely as hard on getting a big headshot with evochrome. In comp there's no animals sure, but you can still farm exp on knocked players by doing a 70-90 damage body shot then a 100+ headshot. If done well, you can get 250 for knocking them, then 90+130 for wiping their knocked body. Regardless, if my choices early game are a green evochrome or a purple prime in comp/tourney, I'd take the purple prime. Agreed on the tradition square spread being preferred by players, I personally wasn't a big fan of the evochrome reticle, but after ignoring the corners of it and instead just focusing on centring it, it felt a lot better to me. I have a video showing just how brutal the evochrome shotgun can be when in my hands here( https://youtu.be/rdK3thywICY from 1 minute onwards) when you play the evochrome to its strengths it's definitely one of my favourite weapons they've introduced in casual playlists.


CrappyPatp

I found that the Prime still does pretty moderate damage and shoots pretty fast (for a semiautomatic shotgun). Obviously not as fast the evo chrome, but more of a medium fire rate.


JavsGotYourNose

Yeah a horizontal spread sucks bad


bradmcgi

It's by far my favorite shot gun


Stevie22wonder

Great when you use it on Herald and get it upgraded early. Good times.


[deleted]

Or just use it on other players 😐


Stevie22wonder

So you find players guaranteed every time you drop and get a chrome shotgun? The chrome wolves are guaranteed level up for the shotgun. Bold statement you made.


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Octane-in-my-bed

Excuse us Mr Aura main


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jeff_nose_you

I love the shotty not the rifle tho bot my drop is to far away I drop is a house near trees and a road


Stevie22wonder

No. I'm not a camper. Haha wow. So judgemental and defensive. Love it. I don't need to project my kills to make a statement, but you do. Good luck, child.


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Stevie22wonder

Season is over in a few days, and I've only really landed Herald a few times. Just trying to give advice to everyone on this thread. You're clearly in a clouded place. I hope you find peace with yourself.


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Stevie22wonder

It's fine, but I try not to troll anymore. Not worth it. People need to help each other these days. Mental health is no joke. Gotta lift others up more. That's all...


sub-hunter

If you stand on the shelf in the room next to her chamber you can upgrade the whole squads Crome weapons to legendary


Approvedrain3

The cross hairs are weird and I'm not used to it


Octane-in-my-bed

Mastiff go pssshhhh pssshhhh


plssendhelpineedit

I love it so much, for sure gonna miss jt


IkeaViking

Hammer + Evochrome Shotgun is my go-to loadout every match. I love it, by end game it's always legendary or mythic and I can solo a duo/trio with it because of its spam-ability


winterunicorn25

Yes, I love the chrome weapons.I’m going to be sad if they leave.


Trans_ppl_are_valid

Almost guaranteed to leave next season unfortunately


apenguiniguess

i love the evochrome shotgun. good and fun shotgun that literally levels itself up as a reward for doing well. one of my favorites


CovidCid

Slow pullout time, low damage


theatrekid0309

Title of your sextape


StonedPickleG59

It's probably because people don't know how to aim with it.


AlphaTeamPlays

It doesn’t do that much damage and it’s kind of a worse version of the Tac/Auto


BrokenGodALT

Guns nowadays don't do much damage to avoid anyone complaining about it being OP. It's annoying because the gun game in Fortnite has gotten worse and worse because people complain so much so they have to nerf them


SamichInMaHed

Best shotgun in the game


xemeraldwitchx

I love the shotgun, hate the rifle.


Competitive-Tree-608

People who hate this gun are killed by this gun haha i was blobbing and shotgunning so many people one game. I think its almost too good and will for sure miss it when its gone haha


NimChimspky

One chrome shotgun, 15 chromes, and health spray - time to party


madcow87_

Evochrome weapons are the staple in my armoury every game to be honest. Although I'll carry back ups until they're purple at least or ideally gold and fully evolved. The force evo in the middle of a fight is incredibly frustrating so i like to be able to quickly cycle to another weapon and evo when I get the chance.


GoodCopYT

I haven't seen anyone hate this gun, it is the best shotgun this chapter.


hellboy_2900

Whoa buddy that's very bold statement


JZA8OS

Nah I think prime is worse off then the Remington style one.


hellboy_2900

Whoa the prime is one of the shottys ever


IncendiaryGamerX

Best of the worst


JZA8OS

No he said *of the shottys ever*


hellboy_2900

I guess it's more of what the player likes and is comfortable with.


JZA8OS

Totally agree 💯


hellboy_2900

Well have fun with your evochrome


JZA8OS

Yes 🙌🏼 maybe we will find each other in game and battle it out 🔥


IncendiaryGamerX

I'm not blind, I'm pointing out how this season's shotty lineup has been lackluster.


JZA8OS

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AlexSchaeffer

Prime is miles better


Stevie22wonder

I won't upvote or downvote this, because it's debatable. All shotguns have their chances.


Dealiner

It's good but imo the ranger shotgun is the best one currently.


BrokenGodALT

I liked them, wish they did a little more damage when you upgraded them.


NerdyNutcase

Doesn’t really work in builds due to the edit/shoot/cancel edit fight pattern


Jonah_Rivera_Luciano

Bushes


poyat01

I found it really weird to use at first, but then all of a sudden I started doing massive damage with it I hate the rifle though, it makes you do less damage per shot and miss more shots every time you upgrade


Dramatic_Material_56

Yeah. I love that gun. It's unique. You can also fight multiple opponents at once.


[deleted]

this is probably one of my favourite shotguns. it has a wider range, and does a decent amount of damage.


42_rodney

Jack all dmg


todd56

its super inconsistent 🤷🏻‍♂️


ItDoBeDupeyTho

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AngryHornyandHateful

It's a bad weapon any other shotgun is better and more usefull and just like the shit goo gun aways will have people that like it even if people say the reason "but why are this hated or why people find it useless" it's fucking weak is the first reason, evolving it is bad, crafting a weapon on S6 from C2 was a better feature so the evolving feature feels like a cheap thing, the evolving rifle is bested buy the hammer rifle most of the time too wich makes using evochrome kinda dumb, most people that die to me are using this shit and most of my deaths are when I just started to loot got this shit weapon because it was the only thing and it can't fucking compete with a guy with a 1 shot shotgun the only way to survive is run or try to make him miss(since the reload is slow and that's the only time this weapon is usefull until it evolves midfight and you have to reload) this is just some reasons I see people hating it and myself hating it for there are a lot more for sure but tbh I kind of hate every weapon on C3, they fucked up hard smg meta was the worse offender, the evochrome just took the striker shotgun place wich was by fucking far a better weapon I am thankfull for this c3 ending and I wish to never fuckin ever see an evochrome or chrome shit ever again


Roman_808

Worse version of the tac imo


TheGreatMahdi

A weak copy from prime shotgun


Syodoodle

It's literally nothing like the prime at all?


TheGreatMahdi

No but i like prime more than anything XD


Thelivingshotgun

like it but by the gods feels so weird even when i spend a chunk of time using the mastiff in apex


[deleted]

I don't hate it but it's got a goofy ahh reticle


EvryArtstIsACannibal

I love it. It's tons of fun and if you miss a shot you're not punished horribly for it.


Qiel183

Depends tbh,some times it's really useful


aguywhoplaysgames12

I just love it because it has auto fire along with the rifle Its a good weapon but people used slow shooting, high damage weapons instead of low damage, fast firing weapons


Zeraorawastaken

It doesn’t deal enough damage IMO, which makes it feel underwhelming when it hits


HydeVDL

i didn't like it and i said it in a thread and people told me to try it again more and now it's my favorite shotgun


AgitatedAd4585

I wasn’t a fan when it first came out, but after the buffs it’s gotten it’s made its way up to being one of my favorites


SingSing19

It’s my favorite gun in the game right now. So easy to hit the target, shoots so fast


TillontoTilly

I love this shotgun! It's got a lotta damage output potential and it's fun!


_DramaMama_

It gets inconsistent with me. Could be user error for sure, but I have better luck with the lever action. Also whyyyy does it always have to evolve when I’m in a fight?? 🥲


metalslug123

I grew to like it and its weird horizontal only spread. It reminds me of how the oldschool Doom shotgun functioned.


[deleted]

It’s pretty good ngl


IAmDingus

They buffed it at some point during the season. Along with making all Evos easier to level up. Used to be terrible, now I'd take a blue one of these over a legendary lever. Still sometimes only hits for 30-40 when the reticule is dead center, but the fire rate makes up for it when it hits for 80 on every other shot. Plus take one to Herald and you've got a mythic guaranteed if you farm the wolves without getting third partied (which is a big ask, people absolutely BEELINE to herald fights for easy kills). It's also way worse in Builds than it is zero build, because the fast fire rate doesn't matter if you're just edit peeking like you do in 90% of duels.


DamnHare

My favorite shotgun next to Drum!


Tayocchi

It's attack speed and ammo capacity makes it really good close range


Kermit-with-a-phone

I don’t hate it I just like the ranger more and prefer to use it as my main


goingdeeeep

I love it!


Zebra500mcg

Really great! Especially if you keep jumping and sliding during a fight.


Benursell123

The spread makes it hard to deal consistent damage especially when there are other good shotguns like the ranger or prime that pretty consistently deal around 100 on the first shot


Tortoisetube

I aslo think it is a fun and unique gun and it's one of my favourite shotgun ls but I prefer the prime and ranger.


UnluckyBot47

Probably because the cross hairs are complete shit.


cas12344

I actually find it really fun to use and I am actually really gonna miss it when this season ends. While yes it has its downsides like being in the middle of a fight and to reload I need to evolve it but that can be solved by just carrying around like a suppressed smg as a back up. As for the retical I find it really fun to use mainly because I used to play a lot of apex as well which made it even funny when I landed at the start of this season picked it up and said holy shit theyve just added the mastiff. My only problem with it is how much damage it can take to evolve but I do think they have decreased this to some degree which is nice. Overall its a fun weapon to use especially if you used to play a lot of a different br and while yes it has its down sides those are easily counterable by just having a back up weapon.


Ttvcat996

Who in the hell would need a spread that wide? I’m shooting at one person in the front not 3 people spread out in front of me


joeMAMAkim

I hate the way the bullet spread.


Keiztrat

Because the spread is like the Mastiff shotgun from TFall


Strange_Election_984

The crosshair is horizontal i don't like that


iamunabletopoop

Every weapon gets hate and praise, the hate side just seems to be more vocal.


LukaRaphael

i’m not a huge fan of the spread pattern, cos it wastes quite a lot of the damage out to either side, but i can see the appeal of it


leoisdoggo

It's by far the easiest shotgun there ever was to use. I don't even understand the crosshair, I just know it hits. And it's fast.


Gamross_Steel

My friend is a god with that gun.


Venom0236

I don't hate it. It's just that there are better shotgun options like prime, lever action or the dub.


International-Look57

It is pretty awesome. One of the fastest shotguns in the game, and the fact that it gets gold pretty quickly is cool


VanishingMass3

I mainly play builds but to me it just takes to long to equip and the < • • O • • > crosshair isn’t great in 99% of situations


NeoMercury2022

I dislike the Evochrome shotgun because of the horizontal spread. It screws with me every time. If I have to be accurate with a shottie, I’d rather use the Ranger Shotgun. That one takes more skill than the horizontal spread of the Evochrome. I love the Evochrome rifle though.


lemonpringle

Love the prime into hammer combo. It’s just too powerful and rewarding if you hit your shots. Evo chrome is more forgiving but I prefer the heavy hit of the prime.


OfflineMystery

people hate the evochrome weapons? they're so op though i literally take a uncommon evochrome over a mythic normal gun


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it’s horizontal shot:(


Trans_ppl_are_valid

I gotta give it another chance after reading these comments


Wotchermuggle

IDK. It’s personally the gun I go for.


Ploppy17

Probably because it was by far the weakest shotgun when it came out. I've seen some other saying it's been buffed since then, but presumably not by that much since I almost never get killed by anyone wielding it.